The importance of cyber safety
Cyber violence and the antidote of cyber safety are fast becoming a
global concern for governments, educational authorities, teachers, parents and
children alike.
A range of harmful activities through the use of Information and
Communication
technologies fall under the term of cyber violence (i.e.
hate-speech, threats, stalking,
harassment, sexual remarks, vulgar language and cyber bullying).
The work of Herring.
We discussed this issue in TECH2108 course (Educational
Technology for Children) . the instructor asked us to make groups in WhatsApp and
discuss this issue . I interested in the discussion and I benefited from their
opinions about cyber safety . we said that nowadays parents give their children
freedom to use internet without any supervision . That is the basic reason why children exposed to Cyber violence . on the other hand we discussed the reasons why
adult hurt children through internet . We reached the following reasons :
. some people do not have ethics.
. They want
to steel money from kids by visa.
Also we discussed the problems that
children faced when they use internet
for example:
Herring (2002) had identified four
different forms of cyber violence: online
contact/ off line harm, cyber stalking, degradation
and harassment. Online contact that
leads to off line harms is signified by one person
aiming to gain the trust of another in
order to abuse them in real life, either physically,
sexually or financially.
we discussed the role of the parents and teachers in
protecting children from cyber abuse. We think that parent should monitor their
children and give them a limited time when they use internet. Also teachers
should advise their students about the problems that may face in using
internet.
According to Ria Hanewald in his article about “Confronting the Pedagogical
Challenge of Cyber Safety in 2008” he said we need to design cyber violence
prevention programs for parents and children.
I agree with him because parents need a solution to protect their
children from cyber violence, so we can solve the problem.
see the video to know the solutions for the parents :
for more information about Cyber Safety :
a story about cyber bulling :
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